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Black Hat Europe 2025 Wrap-Up: Suzy Pallett on Global Expansion, AI Threats, and Defending Together | On Location Coverage With Sean Martin & Marco Ciappelli
Marco Ciappelli speaks with Suzy Pallett, newly appointed President of Black Hat, about Black Hat Europe 2025 in London. They discuss record-breaking attendance (25%+ growth), keynotes on ransomware and compliance vulnerabilities, the strength of cybersecurity community collaboration, and how Black Hat adapts its progr
Rethinking Public Health Workflows Through Automation and Governance: Why Data Modernization May Be The Key | A Conversation with Jim St. Clair | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
AI is transforming how public health agencies collect, interpret, and act on data, but the benefits depend on strong interoperability, governance, and security foundations. This conversation breaks down the real-world opportunities and risks that leaders must navigate as AI adoption accelerates.
AI, Quantum, and the Changing Role of Cybersecurity | ISC2 Security Congress 2025 Coverage with Jon France, Chief Information Security Officer at ISC2 | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
This episode explores the themes, technologies, and community conversations shaping ISC2 Security Congress, with Jon France offering a forward-looking view of what matters most in cybersecurity today. Listeners gain a clear sense of why the event draws practitioners, leaders, and newcomers who want to strengthen their
Inside the Economics That Shape Modern Cybersecurity Innovations: How the Cybersecurity Startup Engine Really Works | A Conversation with Investor and Author, Ross Haleliuk | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
This episode explores how cybersecurity startups form, why the market produces so many tools, and how security buyers should evaluate both emerging and established vendors. Sean Martin and Ross Haleliuk break down the forces shaping today’s innovation engine and the business realities behind modern security solutions.
Beg Bounty: The New Wave of Unrequested Bug Claims and What They Mean | A Conversation with Casey Ellis | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
This episode breaks down the rise of “beg bounties” and examines how unsolicited vulnerability claims create confusion, noise, and operational overhead for security teams. Sean Martin and Casey Ellis discuss what organizations can do to prepare, respond, and set clear expectations through structured disclosure policies
AI in Healthcare: Who Benefits, Who Pays, and Who's at Risk in Our Hybrid Analog Digital Society | Expert Panel Discussions With Marco Ciappelli & Sean Martin
Join Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin as they convene healthcare leaders Dr. Robert Pearl, Rob Havasy (HIMSS), John Sapp (Texas Mutual Insurance), Jim StClair (Altarum), and Robert Booker (HITRUST) for an urgent exploration of AI in healthcare. Who truly benefits from diagnostic algorithms and automated care? Who bears
The New Copyright and Rights Battle: Who Owns the Sound of AI When Machines Make Music? | A Panel Conversation with Chandler Lawn, Michael Sheldrick, Drew Thurlow, Puya Partow-Navid, and Marco Ciappelli | Music Evolves with Sean Martin
Artificial intelligence can now compose entire songs in seconds—but who owns the output when the input came from decades of human creativity? In this Music Evolves panel, artists, lawyers, and global thinkers unpack how AI is transforming rights, authorship, and the emotional core of music itself.
Building a Real Security Culture: Why Most AppSec Champion Programs Fall Short | AppSec Contradictions: 7 Truths We Keep Ignoring — Episode 5 | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Security champions were meant to bridge dev and AppSec—but most programs measure attendance, not outcomes. In this episode of AppSec Contradictions, Sean Martin explains why awareness isn’t culture, what research shows about champion success, and how to rebuild AppSec programs that actually reduce risk.
Bridging the Cybersecurity Divide Between the Haves and Have-Nots: Lessons from Australia’s CISO Community | A Conversation with Andrew Morgan | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
Andrew Morgan joins Sean Martin to unpack the widening cybersecurity gap between large enterprises and resource-strapped organizations. He shares how collaboration, cultural alignment, and practical resilience strategies can help close that divide.
How to Market to Cybersecurity's Most Elusive Buyers: AI, Emotion, and the Human Touch - Interview with Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez | Cyber Marketing Con 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Cybersecurity marketing demands a different playbook. Gianna Whitver and Maria Velasquez, founders of the Cybersecurity Marketing Society, explain why emotional intelligence trumps technical specs when reaching stressed, elusive security buyers—and how CyberMarketingCon 2025 equips marketers with AI tools and timeless
How to Stay Resilient When Cybercrime Becomes Your Competition | A Conversation with Author and Former FBI Agent, Eric O'Niell | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
Cybercrime has become a full-scale global economy, forcing legitimate businesses to compete with criminals for survival. Former FBI operative and NeXasure National Security Strategist Eric O’Neill joins Sean Martin to explain how preparation, clear strategy, and strong communication can keep companies resilient when—no
CI/CD Pipeline Security: Why Attackers Breach Your Software Pipeline and Own Your Build Before Production | AppSec Contradictions: 7 Truths We Keep Ignoring — Episode 4 | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Attackers don’t need to breach production—they’re owning the CI/CD pipeline long before code goes live. Sean Martin unpacks why cloud and build systems remain the weakest links, the data proving it, and what teams can do to restore delivery integrity.
Sampling, Stealing, or Something Else Entirely: Who Gets the Credit When AI Creates the Song? | A Conversation with Marco Ciappelli | Music Evolves with Sean Martin
Can machines make music that feels human—without stealing from humans? In this episode, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli unpack the ethics, creativity, and emotional reality of AI-generated music, challenging each other (and listeners) to rethink what we call art.
Beyond the Title: What It Really Takes to Be a CISO Today — Insights Following A Conversation with Solarwinds CISO, Tim Brown | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Being a strong CISO requires more than technical expertise — it takes context, perspective, and trusted relationships built long before a crisis hits. This article explores what current and aspiring security leaders can do to prepare for the role in a way that truly supports the business.
The Silent Risk in AI-Powered Business Automation: Why No-Code Needs Serious Oversight | A Conversation with Walter Haydock | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
AI-driven automation with no-code tools is empowering business teams to move fast—but at what risk? In this episode, Walter Haydock, founder of StackAware, joins Sean Martin to outline the hidden dangers, governance gaps, and practical safeguards every organization needs to understand before letting no-code AI fly free
From Sampling to Scraping: AI Music, Rights, and the Return of Creative Control | A Musing On The Connection Between Music, Technology, and Creativity | Music Evolves: Sonic Frontiers with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
Let's explores how generative AI is reshaping music — from training data scraped without permission to the tools being built to detect and defend creative ownership. This episode questions what we might lose when machines generate emotion at scale, and whether human-made music will soon be prized for its imperfection.
First CISO Charged by SEC: Tim Brown on Trust, Context, and Leading Through Crisis - Interview with Tim Brown | AISA CyberCon Melbourne 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Tim Brown's job changed overnight. December 11th, he was the CISO at SolarWinds managing security operations. December 12th, he was leading the response to one of the most scrutinized cybersecurity incidents in history.
Everyone Is Protecting My Password, But Who Is Protecting My Toilet Paper? - Interview with Amberley Brady | AISA CyberCon Melbourne 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Empty shelves trigger something primal in us now. We've lived through the panic, the uncertainty, the realization that our food supply isn't as secure as we thought. Amberley Brady hasn't forgotten that feeling, and she's turned it into action.
Beyond Blame: Navigating the Digital World with Our Kids - Interview with Jacqueline (JJ) Jayne | AISA CyberCon Melbourne 2025 Coverage | On Location with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
There's something fundamentally broken in how we approach online safety for young people. We're quick to point fingers—at tech companies, at schools, at kids themselves—but Jacqueline Jayne (JJ) wants to change that conversation entirely.
The Once and Future Rules of Cybersecurity | A Black Hat SecTor 2025 Conversation with HD Moore | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Security pioneer HD Moore joins ITSPmagazine at SecTor 2025 to break down which cybersecurity “rules” still matter—and which are dangerously outdated. From password policies to AI vulnerabilities and the hidden risks in our own firewalls, this keynote conversation challenges us to rethink what we take for granted.
When the Coders Don’t Code: What Happens When AI Coding Tools Go Dark? | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
What happens when systems are built by AI coding tools—but no one fully understands how they work, or what to do when something breaks? This article explores the growing reliance on tools like ChatGPT and Claude for software development, raising open questions about resilience, incident response, and security in a worl
The Hidden Cost of Too Many Cybersecurity Tools (Most CISOs Get This Wrong) | A Conversation with Pieter VanIperen | Redefining CyberSecurity with Sean Martin
Pieter VanIperen, Chief Information Security and Technology Officer at AlphaSense, shares what it really means to simplify security by focusing on context, value, and relevance—not volume or complexity. This conversation challenges the assumptions vendors make and offers real-world principles that security leaders can
SBOMs in Application Security: From Compliance Trophy to Real Risk Reduction | AppSec Contradictions: 7 Truths We Keep Ignoring — Episode 3 | A Musing On the Future of Cybersecurity with Sean Martin and TAPE9 | Read by TAPE9
SBOMs promised to be the ingredient label for software, accelerating response and boosting trust. But adoption lags: less than 1% of GitHub repos use them, only 15% of developer questions get resolved, and fewer than half of EU firms fund supply chain programs. In this episode, Sean Martin breaks down the contradiction
Why Identity Must Come First in the Age of AI Agents | A Black Hat SecTor 2025 Conversation with Cristin Flynn Goodwin | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
AI agents are accelerating automation—but without trustworthy identity systems in place, they also multiply risk. In this episode, Cristin Flynn Goodwin breaks down the legal, technical, and human stakes of AI-driven ecosystems and why identity must come first.